Reformation Today: From Conflict to Communion, Together in Hope

The beginnings of the Reformation will be rightly remembered when Lutherans and Catholics hear together the gospel of Jesus Christ and allow themselves to be called anew into community with the Lord.” (From Conflict to Communion). In lecture and workshops, we will explore how the commemoration of the 500 Years of the Reformation poses a spiritual and theological challenge that engages our whole being – prayer life, liturgy, and spiritual practices of our faith communities, common witness in the world as we turn outwards toward the neighbour, daring to step beyond comfort zones and identity markers.

Speaker Biography: Dirk G. Lange (PhD Emory University) is Associate Dean of Graduate Theological Education, Fredrik A. Schiotz Chair of Mission and Professor of Worship at Luther Seminary, St. Paul MN. His ministerial experience has covered a wide spectrum of activities, but all under one umbrella: liturgy in the lives of people. He has written extensively on topics in ecumenism and liturgical theology, including Trauma Recalled: Liturgy, Disruption, And Theology (2009). Dirk Lange is Project Officer for the global and Joint Commemoration of the Reformation being prepared by the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Rome). He is also a member of the International Joint Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue Commission. He is from Winnipeg, Canada.

Sponsored by: Dubé Chair in Catholic Studies, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, and the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism

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